Eduardo Hay

Eduardo Hay (29 January 1877-27 December 1941) was the Foreign Minister of Mexico from 1935 to 1940, succeeding Jose Angel Ceniceros and preceding Ezequiel Padilla Penaloza.

Biography
Eduardo Hay was born on 29 January 1877 in Mexico City, Mexico, and he graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1900 as an engineer. Hay lost an eye while fighting for Francisco Madero at the Battle of Casas Grandes during the Mexican Revolution, and he was promoted to Brigadier-General on 11 May 1913. He also served as a federal deputy in the Congressional Legislature from 1912 to 1914 and from 1917 to 1918, and President Lazaro Cardenas made him Minister for Foreign Affairs in 1935. Hay was instrumental in allowing for refugees from the Second Spanish Republic to settle in Mexico, and he left office in 1940. Hay died on 27 December 1941.